Caddy bag cart kit



Feb. 26, 1957 S. HERSHEY CADDY BAG CART KIT Filed Nov. 15, 1954 IINVENTOR. SFEPHEN HERMEY .4 TTORA/EX United States Patent CADDY BAG CARTKIT Stephen Hershey, Bristol, Conn.

Application November 15, 1954, Serial No. 468,601

2 Claims. (Cl. 224-29) This invention relates to golfing accessories,and more particularly to a kit board for attachment to a caddy bag cartfor carrying in convenient position a score card, a pencil, a golf ball,a plurality of wooden tees, a cigarette package and a book of matches.

One object of the present invention is to provide a kit board of theabove nature which is provided with means for detachably securing it tothe inclined handle of the caddy bag cart.

A further object is to provide a device of the above nature which willbe simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to installand manipulate, compact, ornamental in appearance, and very efficientand durable in use.

With these and other objects in view, there has been illustrated on theaccompanying drawing, one form in which the invention may convenientlybe embodied in practice.

In the drawing,

Fig. 1 represents a perspective view of the kit board in filledcondition showing its appearance when attached to the handle of thecart.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the kit board on a larger scale, in emptycondition.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the same.

Fig. 4 is a side view of the same, the handle being shown in dottedlines.

Referring now to the drawing, in which like reference numerals denotecorresponding parts throughout the sev eral views, the numeral indicatesa horizontal, rectangular board, preferably constructed of plastic, andhaving in its rear corner a circular depression 11 for receiving a golfball 12, and provided with a cup-shaped depending socket 13 having acenter opening 14 for permitting the golf ball to be lifted therefrom.

At the right hand portion of the board 10, provision is made of aplurality of upstanding integral posts 15, 16, 17, preferablycylindrical in construction, and having semicircular undercut inwardlyextending sections 19, 20, 21. The posts 15 to 17 are adapted todetachably receive a cardboard score card 23 for keeping the golf scoreof the player.

Provision is also made of a plurality of tee-receiving holes 24,adjacent the ball aperture 11.

A pencil holding tube 25 is also provided, said tube being open at thetop and having a depending bottom section 26, the lower portion of whichis provided with a reduced interior conical hole for embracing the leadpoint 28a of the pencil 28.

Provision is also made of a rectangular dependingpockct 30 for receivinga cigarette package 29, the bottom of said pocket having a pair ofcircular holes 31, 32 for permitting the reception of cigars thereinwhen the cigarette package is not being used.

On the rear of the board, adjacent the ball pocket 13, provision is madeof a tapered U-shaped notch 37 for re ceiving a single cigarette. Also,one side of the cigarette pocket is provided with an offset recess 33for receiving a match book 34. I

.Underneath the kit board 10 at the central portion 2,782,971 PatentedFeb. 26, 1957 thereof, provision is made of a pair of depending flatcrossed ribs 35, 36 for reinforcing the board at this point.

In order to secure the board 10 to the inclined handle 42 of the caddybag cart, provision is made of an integral clamping block 38, preferablyof plastic, having a semicircular recess 40, cooperating with a similarblock 39 having a semicircular recess 41, said recesses having a slantof about degrees from the horizontal.

The lower block 39 is adapted to be secured to the upper block 38 bymeans of a pair of screws 43, 44, passing through drilled holes 47, 48,49 and 50 in said blocks, respectively, the upper portions of saidscrews being permanently embedded in the block 38, during the moldingthereof.

In order to hold the blocks 38, 39 securely in any desired adjustedposition along the handle 42, provision is made of a pair of wing nuts45, 46, which are mounted on the lower ends of the screws 43, 44. A pairof Star washers 51, 52 are located between the wing nuts 45, 46 and theblocks 39.

While there has been described in this specification, one form in whichthe invention may be embodied, it is to be understood that this form isshown for the purpose of illustration only, and that the invention isnot limited to the specific disclosure, but may be modified and embodiedin various other equivalent forms without departing from its spirit. Inshort, the invention includes all the modifications and embodimentscoming within the scope of the following claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new, andfor which it is desired to secure Letters Patent is:

1. In a kit for attachment to the normally inclined handle of a caddybag cart, a generally rectangular flat member having a downwardlydirected cup-shaped depression formed therein to removably support agolf ball, when said flat member is horizontally positioned, saiddepression having an opening in the bottom thereof of less diameter thansaid ball, and a pair of separable clamping blocks having complementaryconcave recesses to detachably embrace said handle, one of said blocksbeing secured to the underside of said fiat member, the inclination ofthe curvature of said recesses being such as to maintain said firstmentioned flat member substantially horizontal when clamped to saidhandle.

2. The invention as defined in claim 1, wherein said first mentionedflat member is provided with a plurality of spaced apertures toremovably receive the downwardly directed stems of golf tees to supportsaid golf tees when said flat member is horizontally positioned.

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